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Re:San Francisco's zoning makes it illegal to build apartmen... by gbear605 on Thursday July 19, 2018 @01:30PM (#17568593)
It's because NIMBY is equivalent to defection in an iterated prisoner's dilemma[1]. By being NIMBY, you'll be a bit better off today, but because someone else is NIMBY, you'll be a lot worse off tomorrow. YIMBY makes everyone better in the long term.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma

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